Isaiah 41:1-4
Christian Standard Bible
The Lord versus the Nations’ Gods
41 “Be silent before me, coasts and islands!(A)
And let peoples renew their strength.
Let them approach; let them testify;
let’s come together for the trial.
2 Who has stirred up someone from the east?(B)
In righteousness he calls him to serve.[a][b](C)
The Lord hands nations over to him,(D)
and he subdues kings.
He makes them like dust with his sword,
like wind-driven stubble with his bow.
3 He pursues them, going on safely,
hardly touching the path with his feet.
4 Who has performed and done this,
calling the generations from the beginning?
I am the Lord, the first
and with the last(E)—I am he.”(F)
Isaiah 41:1-4
International Standard Version
The Lord Comes as Judge
41 “Be silent before me, you coastlands,
and let the people renew their strength!
Let them come forward,
then let them speak together—
let’s draw near for a ruling.
2 Who has aroused victory from the east,
and[a] has summoned it to his service,
and[b] has handed over nations to him?
Who brings down kings,
and[c] turns them into dust with his sword,
into windblown stubble with his bow?
3 And[d] who pursues them
and[e] moves on unscathed
by a path that his feet don’t know?[f]
4 Who has performed and carried this out,
calling the generations from the beginning?
I, the Lord—the first
and will be with the last
—I am the One!”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 41:2 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack and
- Isaiah 41:2 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks and
- Isaiah 41:2 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks and
- Isaiah 41:3 So 1QIsaa LXX; the Heb. lacks and
- Isaiah 41:3 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack and
- Isaiah 41:3 So 1QIsaa; MT reads travel
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